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Owners Michael Garvey and Ann O’Sullivan at Ballinterry House outside Rathcormac. They lost more than a dozen trees around their property oin Wednesday’s storm.

The owners of historic Ballinterry House in Rathcormac, Michael Garvey and Ann O'Sullivan, watched in horror on Wednesday as more than a dozen large trees around the period house came crashing down the severe storm which struck the region.

"I've never seen anything like it. It's a very strange thing to see," Michael told The Avondhu. A number of huge pine trees lining the entrance to the house came down, blocking the entrance and leaving their two children unable to get in to their home after they returned from school.

They have a wood at the back of their house with walking trails. On Wednesday Michael and Ann watched anxiously and with sadness as a number of the 200 year old trees fell.

One was sheared off in the middle as they watched. At one stage the couple went outside to view the damage but they were quickly forced back indoors when another tree fell close by where they were standing. One fell on a shed on their property. In all they estimated that lost more than a dozen trees.

"It really showed the power of the storm, the power of nature" Michael said.

Luckily they suffered no structural damage to their beautifully restored house. The Queen Anne style house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited period houses in the country.

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